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Pokhrahi Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Pokhrahi is a medium size village located in Hussainabad Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 184 families residing. The Pokhrahi village has population of 1162 of which 617 are males while 545 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokhrahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 17.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokhrahi village is 883 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokhrahi as per census is 838, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pokhrahi village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokhrahi village was 73.07 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pokhrahi Male literacy stands at 88.93 % while female literacy rate was 55.31 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Pokhrahi village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Pokhrahi village.

Pokhrahi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 184 - -
Population 1,162 617 545
Child (0-6) 204 111 93
Schedule Caste 690 360 330
Schedule Tribe 7 5 2
Literacy 73.07 % 88.93 % 55.31 %
Total Workers 316 282 34
Main Worker 234 - -
Marginal Worker 82 62 20

Caste Factor

In Pokhrahi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.38 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.60 % of total population in Pokhrahi village.

Work Profile

In Pokhrahi village out of total population, 316 were engaged in work activities. 74.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 316 workers engaged in Main Work, 69 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.